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Sport and Recreation Prole:

Basketball

Findings from the 2007/08Active New Zealand Survey

INTRODUCTION

Content

This sport and recreation profle presents inormation about participation in basketball among New Zealandadults aged 16 years and over. It is compiled rom inormation collected through the 2007/08 Active NZ Surveyand includes:

•participationlevels;•proleofparticipants;•participationpatterns;and•volunteeringlevels.

Methodology

Denition of Basketball

In the 2007/08 Active NZ Survey, participants reported whether they had participated in indoor basketball andoutdoor basketball separately. In this profle, indoor basketball and outdoor basketball have been combined torepresent overall basketball participation levels (i.e. participated in indoor basketball and/or outdoor basketball).

Sample

A total o 4,443 adults aged 16 years and over participated in the 2007/08 Active NZ Survey. Among the

participants,238(148men;90women)reportedplayingbasketballatleastonceduringthe12months

preceding the interview. The 4,443 interviews (which were completed over a 12-month period beginning inMarch 2007) were stratifed by month and by the 17 regional sports trust catchment areas.

The Survey

The Active NZ Survey (an interviewer-administered, ace-to-ace sel-report survey) consisted o two datacollection tools:

1.asportandrecreationsurvey;and

2. a seven-day physical activity recall diary.The sport and recreation survey was used to collect inormation about participation levels in various sport andrecreation activities. Participants reported the sport and recreation activities they participated in over threedierent timerames: during the 12 months, our weeks and seven days preceding the interview. Participantsreported a range o other sport and recreation inormation including where they participated in activities,participation in volunteering, instruction to improve perormance and involvement in clubs and centres.The seven-day physical activity recall diary assessed the requency, intensity and duration o sport and recreationactivities participated in during the seven days preceding the interview. The ollowing inormation was collectedor each day o the previous week:

1.thespecicactivitiesparticipatedin(e.g.basketball);2.thedayonwhichtheactivitywasundertaken(e.g.playedbasketballonMondayandSaturday);

3. the total time spent participating in each specifc sport and recreation activity (e.g. played basketball or

50minutesonMonday);

4. the amount o time spent at a moderate intensity (e.g. o the 50 minutes spent playing basketball on

Monday,20minuteswasspentatamoderateintensity);and

5. the amount o time spent at a vigorous intensity (e.g. o the 50 minutes spent playing basketball onMonday, 20 minutes was spent at a vigorous intensity).

SPORT AND RECREATION PROFILE:

BASKETBALL

The inormation rom the diary was used to determine the time spent and the intensity at which adultsparticipated in a specifc sport during any one week. Because o low participation levels during the weekpreceding the interview, time-related inormation is not available in this profle.

Ethnic Groupings

In the 2007/08 Active NZ Survey, participants were able to identiy with multiple ethnicities. Consequently, thesame person could be represented in dierent ethnic groups (e.g. Mäori and NZ European). Thereore, when thepercentages or each ethnic group are summed they do not equal 100 percent. Ethnic-specifc fndings shouldonly be compared with estimates or the total New Zealand population as comparisons between ethnic groups(e.g. Mäori versus Pacifc) are not valid.

Socioeconomic Position

The NZiDep tool was used to measure the socioeconomic position o participants. The tool consists o eightquestions which assess dierent domains o socioeconomic status. Based on the number o deprivationindicators reported, participants were grouped into one o fve groups ranging rom the least (Quintile 1) tothe most (Quintile 5) disadvantaged socioeconomic group. The fve groups were:

Quintile 1

–nodeprivationcharacteristics;

Quintile 2

–onedeprivationcharacteristicwasreported;

Quintile 3

–twodeprivationcharacteristicswerereported;

Quintile 4

–threeorfourdeprivationcharacteristicswerereported;and

Quintile 5

– fve or more deprivation characteristics were reported.Further inormation about the Active NZ Survey methodology is available atwww.sparc.org.nz/activenzsurvey.

Information Reported

All fndings relate to the New Zealand adult population aged 16 years and over. They are based on responsesrom at least 100 participants and have a relative standard error o less than 25 percent unless stated otherwise.All estimates have been weighted to correct or dierences between the sample population and the general

NewZealandpopulation.Percentestimates(e.g.50%)with95percentcondenceintervals(e.g.95%CI:45-55)havealsobeenage-standardisedtothe2006NewZealandadultpopulation.Estimateswithout95%percent

confdence intervals represent proportions within the sport-specifc population (i.e. adults who participated in theactivity), and have not been age-standardised.Confdence intervals (CI) have been used to indicate i signifcant dierences exist between dierent groups (e.g.men versus women) in the population. Findings are generally considered signifcantly dierent i there isno overlap between the confdence intervals o the percentage estimates being compared.The Active NZ Survey is a nationally representative survey o all New Zealand adults. The fndings in this profleare not directly comparable with other sources o inormation about basketball. This is because methodologicaldierences (e.g. the way data is collected, the defnitions used) contribute to dierences in fndings betweendierent data sources.